Random thoughts from the sea
Days 13 & 14, 2024 Grand World Voyage Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 15-16, 2024; Parintins and Santarém, Brazil I’ve always believed that success in fishing is mostly a matter of luck. After today I think experience must play a role. As we all were dropping lines with raw meat on
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Days 10 & 11, 2024 Grand World Voyage Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, 2024; Alter Do Chao and Boca da Valeria, Brazil What a difference a month makes. When I was on the Amazon River in December, it was touch-and-go as to whether we could even cruise up the river
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Day 7, 2024 Grand World Voyage Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024; Devil’s Island, French Guiana A friend in Andorra is tracking our journey and noticed yesterday that we were sailing down the northeast coast of South America, past Venezuela toward Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. “Are you going to Jonestown?” he
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Days 46- 47, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 21-22, 2023; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil If “grand” describes Buenos Aires, then “electric” describes Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for me. I would say the city comes alive, but then, when is it not alive? Our sail-in wasn’t
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Day 45, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Monday, Nov. 20, 2023; Santos, Brazil If you set the bar for expectations fairly low, you are likely to exceed it. I would say that describes my day in Santos, Brazil. As I wrote at the end of my last post, Holland
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